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Odacidae (Cales and weed-whitings)
Etymology: Haletta: Perhaps from Old Norge, haletta, haele = hero.
More on author: Valenciennes.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin; saumâtre démersal; profondeur 1 - 7 m (Ref. 75154). Subtropical; 28°S - 45°S
Eastern Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific: southern coast of Australia, from Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia to Sydney, New South Wales; including Tasmania.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 6185)
Forms large schools in estuaries and other sheltered waters with sand and seagrass bottoms. Considered primarily as an opportunistic carnivore, feeding mainly on polychaetes; also gastropods, crustaceans (crab and amphipods), algae and seagrass (mostly Zostera) are common; forams, bivalves, and ophiuroids were also found in a few stomachs.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Gomon, M.F. and J.R. Paxton, 1985. A revision of the Odacidae, a temperate Australian-New Zealand labroid fish family. Indo-Pac. Fish. (8):57 p. (Ref. 6185)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 14.8 - 22.2, mean 17.6 °C (based on 272 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00692 (0.00265 - 0.01809), b=3.08 (2.86 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.49 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 134 [70, 251] mg/100g; Iron = 1.24 [0.81, 2.04] mg/100g; Protein = 19.2 [17.3, 21.1] %; Omega3 = 0.318 [0.198, 0.536] g/100g; Selenium = 14.2 [7.9, 27.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.6 [5.2, 31.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.11 [0.81, 1.57] mg/100g (wet weight);